In addition to our Hackathons we are now holding monthly Meet Ups to discuss open technologies. You can learn more about our monthly meetings and RSVP to those here.

We look forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming events and gaining your input to continue to advance open technologies.

Who Should Attend

People that believe an open exchange of information is essential to the advancement of technology.

People that thrive on solving business problems using technology.

People that enjoy developing solutions in an open source environment.

Our Mission

Mil-OSS exists to improve technology development and innovation by connecting and empowering an active community of patriotic developers and solution providers, improving use of the taxpayers' funds through thorough requirements extraction, wise execution, and streamlined delivery by leveraging open source and open technology innovation.

Our Goals

Create new open source solutions that are more effective for the Warfighter

Increase reuse of code and existing open source projects

Increase awareness of existing reusable and open source technologies

Initiate events and opportunities that enable the government to communicate requirements directly to developers

Educate developers on how to better develop for the government

Improve government collaboration with coalition and interagency partners

Our Guiding Principles

We believe that contributing to OSS in the DoD is a patriotic contribution to our national defense

We believe that as stewards of taxpayer funds, we are responsible to be efficient, cost-effective and innovative

We believe in the innovative power of people, especially in large numbers and diverse backgrounds

We believe in finding and meeting challenges—good solutions to real problems will find their needed funding

Connect To Us

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Mission Statement

Mil-OSS exists to improve technology development and innovation across the DoD by connecting and empowering the active community of patriotic open source developers and solution providers, improving use of the taxpayers' funds through thorough requirements extraction, wise execution, and increasing the speed new technologies enable the Warfighter.

Contact Us

Phone - 202.455.8089
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